GBIP Cyber Security - Singapore 2024 - Application Form

GLOBAL BUSINESS INNOVATION PROGRAMME
CYBER SECURITY – SINGAPORE 2024.

Innovate UK is inviting ambitious companies to participate in its Global Business Innovation Programme, which aims to help UK businesses to grow and scale on a global stage through building R&D and innovation collaborations and partnerships. This engaging programme consists of a "Get ready” preparation stage, a week-long innovation visit to Singapore (with a tailored itinerary to engage with key stakeholders and gain market insights), an “Exploit the opportunity” post-visit workshop, and support from an Innovate UK innovation and growth specialist - helping your business to identify growth opportunities and develop innovation led collaborations with partners in Singapore.

Innovate UK is committed to ensure that anyone, from any background, has an equal opportunity to be successful


Focus Areas

The GBIP aims to support innovative businesses across the breadth of UK’s cyber strengths and capabilities. We would welcome applications involving cyber security related technologies, hardware and/or software based, that underpin prototype developments as well as products or services in areas including:

· IoT security
· endpoint/mobile and network security,
· operational technology,
· threat intelligence,
· cyber risk assessment and management,
· cyber awareness/training/education.

Those value propositions are expected to be addressing industrial sector applications (one or many) - such as in automotive, manufacturing, telecoms - looking to provide security and resilience against current/established approaches with associated benefits and performance improvements.


Why Singapore?

The UK and Singapore have historically been strong partners, and the cyber security-themed Global Expert Mission (GEM) held in 2019 demonstrated an appetite to work together to address common challenges faced across the cyber security sector and evolving threat landscape. Singapore has strong capabilities in cyber security and is positioning itself as a global center of cyber security expertise given its geographical location amongst the Five Eye group of countries and as a gateway to the ASEAN region (Association of Southeast Asian Nations).

Singapore has an advanced digital economy and is consistently ranked as one of the world’s most innovative cities and is a leading global financial hub with a globally competitive startup ecosystem. Singapore can serve as a gateway to Asia due to its high GDP per capita, healthcare, transport, infrastructure quality and technology adoption, plus an attractive tax system, a familiar legal framework, and the ease of doing business in English.

As industries and businesses in Singapore undergo rapid digital transformation, the demand for cloud-based solutions and adopting on-demand cyber security services are increasing. Across Singapore’s cyber security market, the largest segment in terms of market share is expected to be service based. This growth trend creates opportunities for greater cyber resilience against threats and challenges across digital infrastructure. Singapore has been taking a proactive approach to cyber security having recently amended its Cybersecurity Act 2018, introducing expansion of Critical Information Infrastructure (CII) owners’ responsibilities and regulation of entities beyond CII to include cloud service providers and data centre operators. This suggests that the country is recognising the growth of new business models and opportunities across cyber while keeping pace with the developments in the cyber threat landscape as well as the evolving tech
Applicant Briefing:

For more information on this programme and to compliment your application an Applicant Briefing will be held online at 09am on Wednesday 03 July. The briefing will be one hour, and cover programme focus, why Singapore, eligibility, cost, and the application process.

To attend the briefing online you must register in advance.

Click the link to register: https://lp.innovateukedge.uk/gbip-cs-aus-briefing-event-form-24-0


Key Dates:

Applicant briefing: 03 July 2024.

Application deadline: 04 August 2024.

Get ready workshop: 02 & 03 September 2024.

Innovation visit: 14–18 October 2024.

Exploitation workshop: w/c 20 January 2025.


What to expect:

The Global Business Innovation Programme is structured around three main stages and each business will have a designated Innovate UK innovation and growth specialist to support them for the duration of the offering, including developing an action plan to capitalise on the opportunities identified. The three main phases of the Global Business Innovation Programme are: -

Get ready: In person briefing workshop to build knowledge and understanding of the market and potential opportunities, including how to do business, cultural aspects, how to protect your IP and training on how to improve your pitch and articulate your value proposition. (2 day workshop)

Visit the market: Explore the innovation opportunities first-hand through meeting with key companies and research organisations and potential collaborators and partners through prearranged meetings and organised matchmaking. (5 days of market related activity)

Exploit the opportunity: An exploitation workshop and one-to-one support from an Innovate UK innovation and growth specialist to follow up and take advantage of the opportunities identified. (1 day workshop and as a guide, around 5 days of working with an Innovate UK innovation and growth specialist)


Additional Information & Assistance:

Please note: Successful applicants will be expected to fully comply with any conditions of travel to Singapore as well as any local regulations on face covering and social distancing. The safety of our delegation is our top priority. If unforeseen circumstance does not allow us to travel to the market, a virtual visit may be considered.

For more information, assistance with your application or to discuss accessibility needs, please contact: Philippa Dean via email: Philippa.Dean@innovateukedge.ukri.org.


3 sections to complete:

Section 1 Applicant information
Section 2 Business information and suitability with scope and objective
Section 3 Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion

Section 2 is your opportunity to provide information that will be assessed against the scope and objectives for the programme.

An offline copy of the application form is available for download.

The information you wish to submit MUST BE ENTERED ONLINE for the application to be accepted.

Make sure to complete all section
Section 1: Applicant Information

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* 1. Applicant Name
This should be a senior person from the business who will be involved in all stages of the Programme.

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* 2. Position

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* 3. Email

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* 4. Phone

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* 5. ext.

Company Information

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* 6. Company Name

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* 7. Company Address

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* 8. Company Registration No.

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* 9. Website

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* 10. Number of Employees

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* 11. Annual Turnover

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* 12. Company Stage

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* 13. Company Stage

Section 2: Business Information and suitability with scope and objectives

All questions in this section are mandatory. An incomplete application will not be considered.

This section is your opportunity to provide information that will be assessed against the scope and objectives for the programme.

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* 14. How does your application fit with the scope of this Global Business Innovation Programme? (1000 characters max)

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* 15. Please give a short description of the new product and/or services your business is developing. What is Innovative about it? (1000 characters max)

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* 16. What stage is your product and/or service? (e.g., Pre - R&D, early R&D, prototyping/testing or full product in market) (1000 characters max)

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* 17. Please describe your target market and the likely fit of your product/service? How large is the (global) market? What is your route to market? (1000 characters max)

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* 18. How globally active is your business currently? Please indicate which market or markets your business is currently active in. (1000 characters max)

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* 19. Why are you specifically interested in working with the country that is the focus for this Global Business Innovation Programme? (1000 characters max)

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* 20. Given that this Programme is looking to help companies build collaborations and partnerships, are there any specific companies, universities or other organisations you would be keen to meet with as part of the Programme? If so, please state why. (1000 characters max)

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* 21. What does your business want to gain by participating in this Global Business Innovation Programme? How are you going to grow and scale your business as a result of participating in the Programme? (1000 characters max)

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* 22. What do you see are your main barriers to innovation and/or internationalisation? (1000 characters max)

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* 23. How are you going to embed the knowledge gained from this Programme into your business? E.g. Resources, strategies, budgets, etc. (1000 characters max)

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* 24. Please highlight if you have previously participated in a Global Business Innovation Programme or benefited from other Innovate UK programmes or funding or support through Innovate UK Business Growth (previously known as EDGE) If you have, please indicate how you have exploited the involvement. (1000 characters max)

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* 25. Please note, Innovate UK are hosting two visits for this programme. While you can apply for both, you are only able to participate in one. If your application is successful for both, please indicate which programme is your preference.

Section 3: Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

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* 26. Do you consider yourself to have a disability?

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* 27. Do you have any caring responsibilities? If yes, please tick all that apply

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* 28. What is your religion or belief?

Section 4: Subsidy Control

The innovation growth and scaling advisory and support services delivered as part of Innovate UK Business Growth, including the Global Business Innovation Programme, are deemed to be a subsidy. Businesses selected to participate in a Global Business Innovation Programme will be in receipt of subsidy (below £10,000) and details of this will be held centrally by Innovate UK Business Growth.
Section 5: Terms and Conditions
TERMS & CONDITIONS

If your application is successful, you will be expected to pay a £1000 (excluding VAT) refundable deposit prior to attending the Get ready workshop. The deposit will be returned to you at the end of the Global Business Innovation Programme - 6 months following innovation activities. If you are successful, you will be expected to sign an agreement to this effect.

If your application is successful and you fail to participate in all activities, including the exploitation phase for up to 6 months post innovation activities, your deposit may not be refunded.

As the applicant, I support the statements as described above and acknowledge I have read all supporting documentation related to the Global Business Innovation Programme application form

By submitting this application you are agreeing to the above.

PRIVACY POLICY

We take your data very seriously and are committed to the privacy and security of it. Our Privacy Statement explains the types of personal data we may collect about you and how we'll store and handle that data, and keep it safe.

WITHDRAWAL OF SUPPORT

UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) reserve the right to withdraw support at any time even after you have been accepted onto the programme. If your company is deemed to be ineligible for support due to any information that may become available to UKRI after the date of acceptance, you will be notified immediately and the commitment fee refunded to you within 7 business days of the letter of notice.

What's Next?

When you submit your completed application you will see an on screen message acknowledging you have completed the process. You will receive an email acknowledgement after the application has been reviewed.

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